January 15, 1959: On this day, the smash hit single "Chantilly Lace" by Beaumont native J.P. Richardson Jr., aka The Big Bopper, found itself outside of the Billboard Top 40, for the first time in 22 ...

CLEAR LAKE, IOWA - The plane crash that took the lives of J.P. "Big Bopper" Richardson, Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens is one of rock music's pivotal moments, more significant than an electrified ...

On Feb. 3, 1959 — "The Day the Music Died" made famous in Don McLean's song AmericanPie — a plane crash in Iowa claimed the lives of three pop singers. Buddy Holly's life came to the big screen in The ...

A rendering of a statue of The Big Bopper shows him holding a rotary phone, noting his hit song, "Chantilly Lace." His family is hoping to erect the bronze statue in Beaumont, Texas J.P. Richardson, ...

He’s best known for his 1958 hit “Chantilly Lace,” with the signature opening, “Heeelllooo, Baaaby,” and as the third singer to die in a 1959 plane crash that also took the lives of legends Buddy ...

A film crew from Great Britain is making a documentary about a British man's quest to get Port Arthur native J.P. Richardson Jr. (a.k.a.: The Big Bopper) inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

A group called The Speek thinks they have found the first music video ever recorded. Host Audie Cornish has the story. We're now going to take you on a bit of a detective story. First, we need a ...

Jiles Perry "J.P." Richardson Jr. (October 24, 1930 – February 3, 1959), better known by his stage name The Big Bopper, was an American musician and disc jockey. His best-known compositions include ...

The landscape of rock music shifted forever in July 1957, when Jerry Lee Lewis made his TV debut on The Steve Allen Show. For more than seven decades, the Louisiana-born rockabilly pioneer churned out ...

He’s best known for his 1958 hit “Chantilly Lace,” with the signature opening, “Heeelllooo, Baaaby,” and as the third singer to die in a 1959 plane crash that also took the lives of legends Buddy ...